“There are a number of Canadians whose emotional allegiance is to the US president over Canada,” writes Grant Wyeth in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/exploiting-old-gripes-trump-s-grab-51st-state

“To have any hope of combating these systems, Taiwan will need a comprehensive and resilient network architecture,” writes in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/why-taiwan-dome-won-t-survive-chinese-attack

“Carney’s vision will not materialise for middle powers like Australia simply through participation in global forums, but through…” Read Hansley Gumbaketi in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/carney-s-guide-australia-s-middle-power-dilemma-pacific

“Ending investment contracts in critical infrastructure is increasingly seen as a political move and triggers political reactions with very tangible…” Read Carolin Kautz in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/canal-without-paddle-lessons-panama-australia

“Australia’s agenda has support in Southeast Asia, and countries like Indonesia and Vietnam would be acceptable neutral third parties in the eyes…” Read Tom Barber in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/can-australia-help-stay-nuclear-doomsday-clock

“If the technology exists and the economics are improving, why are so few projects incorporating BESS?,” writes Harris Amjad in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/policy-not-tech-stalling-sustainable-data-centres

“Xi’s ability to purge the entire PLA senior leadership shows his political strength but will have significant political and operational…” Read Phillip C. Saunders in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/xi-s-military-purges-will-make-him-wary-invading-taiwan

“While cultivating new interlocutors, foreign diplomats in Dhaka must reach out to credible, independent voices – even those not given to…” Read Abhijnan Rej in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/bangladesh-s-election-can-culture-counter-extremism

“The aspects of work that generate value are hard to replicate with machines – creativity, ethical reasoning, cultural understanding, leadership, and…” Read Niusha Shafiabady in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/what-ask-when-choosing-career-age-ai

“Don’t be surprised if hegemons feel even more emboldened to treat the rules as a fiction if that is how you characterise them yourself,” writes Sandy Hollway in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/mark-carney-wrong-about-rules-based-order

“This is not an accidental flaw but a product of a state-centric design that prioritises consensus over protection,” writes Yuyun Wahyuningrum in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/rohingya-case-could-redefine-genocide-matters-asean

“A sweet spot in which both Washington and Beijing are content may simply not exist,” writes Denny Roy in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/despite-us-offer-no-stable-peace-china

“Navy and Air Force reserves are overwhelmingly drawn from former permanent members,” writes Jennifer Parker in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/reinvigorating-australia-s-naval-reserve

“Financialisation had disastrous long-term ramifications for the average American. While wealth increased manifold, it was highly unequally distributed,” writes Srijan Shukla in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/hidden-cost-central-bank-independence

“Beyond peacekeeping, China’s security engagement is increasingly bespoke,” writes Piers Pigou in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/china-s-security-offerings-gain-traction-africa

“For years, I’ve seen firsthand how the Bangsamoro peace process rode that momentum with the memory of the Marawi Siege as a reminder to stay the course,” writes Haroro J. Ingram in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/unseen-front-philippines-china-challenge

“The scale of the agreement is substantial. India will eliminate or reduce tariffs on 96.6% of EU exports, while the EU will do the same for 99.5%…” Read Shameek Godara in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/india-eu-trade-deal-beyond-mother-all-deals

“Turbulence can cause competitors to waste effort on contingency planning rather than optimising for their preferred path,” writes Henry Yep in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/war-games-thriving-strategic-turbulence

“It is more important than ever to role-model equality on the world stage,” writes Elise Stephenson in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/why-are-australia-s-top-diplomatic-jobs-still-men-only

“Hawkish Washington think tanks argue America needs to engage the Myanmar regime to avoid vacating the space to China,” writes Nicholas Coppel in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/us-policy-post-election-myanmar

“China is now the largest annual emitter, but its historical and per capita profiles differ from those of older industrial powers,” writes Jawad Khalid in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/climate-change-shared-problem-needs-shared-solutions

“Around the world, mandatory retirement ages are increasingly viewed as a form of age-based discrimination and…” Read Ramona Vijeyarasa and Lucy Quinn in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/why-vietnam-s-retirement-age-laws-fail-women-hold-back-state

“The Pacific’s mental health workforce falls considerably short of being able to absorb the increased burden driven by climate change,” writes Connor Graham in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/pacific-islands-hidden-mental-health-costs-climate-change

“On 26 January, the Tokyo District Court ruled in favour of the plaintiffs, recognising that the deception surrounding the…” Read Jiwon Kim in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/tokyo-court-finds-north-korea-s-paradise-earth-survivors-were-misled

“We are not heading towards a stalemate but rather a suicide region where the rational fear of being second overrides the imperative of safety,” writes David Tan in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/nuclear-fallacy-why-deterrence-can-t-stop-agi-arms-race

“Circumstances will demand a recalibration of Australia’s approach if it wants to elevate direct peacebuilding,” writes Grace Stanhope in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/conflict-prevention-or-conflict-avoidance-australia-s-foreign-policy

“Whilst the sum total of these reforms is undoubtedly positive, they still show a strong preference for incrementalism,” writes Henry Storey in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/green-shoots-emerge-india-s-economic-reform-agenda

“This approach aligns with Iran’s longstanding ambition to build a national internet insulated from global platforms,” writes Arash Beidollahkani in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/technology-repression-iran-re-engineers-its-security-state

“2026 will reward regions that treat policy, electrons, oceans, and minerals as one system,” writes Apoorba Banerjee in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/resilience-conditional-trade-order-asean-s-2026-challenge

“Cultural and indigenous knowledge creates the adaptive strength needed for long-term energy solutions,” write Aquila Van Keuk, Deepak Chand and Poiongo Lisati in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/last-nautical-mile-pacific-islands-path-energy-resilience

“Recent discoveries of semi-submersible vessels in Solomon Islands waters underscore how Pacific routes are embedded in global cocaine supply chains,” writes Jose Sousa-Santos in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/fiji-s-cocaine-seizure-shows-pacific-learning-fight-back

“Normal publishing will resume on Tuesday 27 January” Read The Interpreter in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/public-holiday-australia-day-6

“China’s cyber capabilities are sophisticated and bolstered by an interesting combination of state-employed hackers and civilian researchers,” writes David Vallance in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/china-s-cyber-forces-are-impressive-growing

“There is no escaping the dilemmas posed by the resurgence of overt geopolitical competition and wavering faith in status quo economic and security governance,” write Connor O’Brien and Quah Say Jye in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/middle-powers-can-t-run-world

“The origins of buzzer politics can be traced to the 2012 Jakarta gubernatorial election, when campaign teams deployed…” Read Jeremiah Edbert Grifith Sihite in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/how-buzzer-politics-reshaping-indonesia-s-democracy

“The success of Heated Rivalry demonstrates how Canada’s state subsidy model for screen production can generate supersized soft-power…” Read Teesta Prakash and Mikaela Lui in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/heated-rivalry-canada-s-soft-power-flex

“The history of CCS is, in the words of the International Energy Agency, one of ‘underperformance’ and ‘unmet expectations’,” write Ryan Neelam and Reuben Finighan in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/japan-s-net-zero-bet-needs-australian-hedge

“While the Arctic is indeed rich in resources, those resources do not particularly equate to competition unless they are economically viable…” Read Saxon Wright-Casanova in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/truth-about-arctic-strategic-competition

“The United States depends on China for rare earths because they invested in people who can process them. America didn't,” writes Aylon Berger in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/sidelining-human-capital-western-industrial-policy

“While Washington’s eagerness to reach a deal to end the fighting in Ukraine is commendable, its approach has unfortunately played into Moscow’s hands,” writes Ian Hill in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/russia-ukraine-war-lost-amid-distractions

“"When the rules no longer protect you, you must protect yourself"” Read Sam Roggeveen in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/rupture-not-transition-carney-s-new-order

“Here lies the paradox: Trump’s abandonment of pretence may ultimately prove clarifying,” writes Sophie Wushuang Yi in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/trump-has-swapped-productive-hypocrisy-crude-exercises-power

“International support for Iranian civil society has undergone severe erosion,” writes Shadi Rouhshahbaz in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/international-community-failing-iranian-people

“What I didn’t predict a year ago is that the US cuts would seemingly make it easier for so many other countries to follow,” writes Melissa Conley Tyler in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/rearview-mirror-america-s-year-foreign-aid-cuts

“If Canberra truly does seek to improve Defence’s performance, it must ensure that the organisation is set up for success,” writes Victor Abramowicz in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/keeping-australian-defence-contestability-independent

“The newest member of ASEAN needs to bolster ethical leadership and institutional integrity for its future generations” Read João Boavida and Milena Pires in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/timor-leste-s-governance-dilemma-fear-accountability-risk

“If governments unilaterally block or permit high-risk AI tools without shared standards, global firms will navigate a…” Read Karryl Kim Sagun Trajano in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/what-grok-bans-southeast-asia-tell-us-about-ai-governance

“China’s quiet approach is likely to pay off in the long term,” writes Susannah Patton in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/peace-asian-way-china-s-role-thailand-cambodia-conflict

“ If India voluntarily severs cultural ties with Bangladesh, especially in cricket, the field is left open for China to solidify…” Read Arkoprabho Hazra in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/cricket-has-india-s-soft-power-tool-become-strategic-liability

“There is no doubt tariff-dodging transhipments to the United States are occurring. But how important is it?,” writes Roland Rajah in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/yes-vietnam-really-winning-trade-wars